day #365 - the end of an era

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I thought I was on top of it; I had finished early and was looking for a movie to watch already 3 hours ago. And I don't know how time went by. A phonecall, some networking studying, some online shopping and here we are, already past the time for an early movie. Regardless, today is a special day. The blog is over! I finished 365 days of daily painting and recording it, whatever that means. A big part of the process I will have to keep doing mainly for myself. Perhaps taking daily photos of my work and saving it on some folder. This has provem useful many times when I trying to date a piece I've been working on. Also making a small diary of today's achievements. It's still useful. But this will be done for my eyes only. I also don't know if I will be continuing my obsessively daily painting. How would life be if I had days off? Now for example that I'm moving out and I have to daily chores that until now were completely taken care of, perhaps I'll allow my

day #162 - Mixed reality

A mixed bucket - first of all, I couldn't work big on the wall so I decided to do something smaller on the easel - this has been so pleasurable (100x70cm). Oil pastels are my new favourite. Had it only been my feedback, I would had been so happy, with the exception that I didn't have the time to finish the whole piece in one sitting so I'll have to get back tomorrow (?) to it. However I got some criticism on it, and while it's well-meaning and thoughtful, as the day moved on made me realize that it had somehow poisoned the happiness.  It's sad how fragile my inspiration is.

Anyway, getting back to the positivity train: This has been a great day; I discovered pastels, worked on my technique with them, and did a piece that I personally find very very satisfying! Now I have the challenge to take out of criticism only what I need not in terms of technique, but in terms of motivation!

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